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Zed Morgan Benfred @zedmorgan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Tenure track opening: Molecular biologist Bucknell is a PUI (primarily undergraduate institution) in PA with high expectations for both teaching & research, but offers resources to support both. I love our department - amazing to work with smart, motivated, thoughtful, collaborative people.

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Tenure Track Faculty Position in Molecular Biology

Position Title: Tenure Track Faculty Position in Molecular Biology Position Type: Full time Location: Robert L Rooke Science Center - Biology Categories: Faculty Exempt Job Summary: Job Duties: The De...

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Zed Morgan Benfred @zedmorgan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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Tenure Track Faculty Position in Molecular Biology

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Zed Morgan Benfred @zedmorgan.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Happy to advance another Middleton Island kittiwake project (rapid behavior changes associated with endogenous and exogenous corticosterone increases). This field site provides surreal access to these #seabirds - it's a dream for studying the physiology/behavior interface in free-living animals.

"The Middleton Island Tower". A muti-story, 12-faceted gray tower has a white door at the base and siding on the the bottom 2/3rds but a set of horizontal wooden beams on the outside of the top 3rd. On the beams are white spots that, upon magnification, are revealed to be small white gulls (kittiwakes)on nests. The tower is capped with struts and grating that extend over the edges of the main structure on all all sides, and also have kittiwake nests visible on them (though you're looking at the from below). The background, the sun is halfway below the horizon and casting an orange glow.

The view of a kittiwake nest from inside the tower. In the foreground, a shallow bowl-like nest made of brown dried vegetation contains two small white fuzzy chicks. One of them is facing the camera and has very black eyes and beak, the other is somewhat tucked behind the first so you cannot see its face. A large adult white gull with large black eyes and a yellow beak is standing on the back edge of the nest, facing you, with its wings partially extended up behind it. The wings are mostly white but the tips of the 5 longest primary feathers are black. In the background, green vegetation spread below, with the shiny surface of a small pond visible in the distance, and a larger shining (because of the sun reflecting on it) body of water (the Gulf of Alaska) beyond the shoreline. 3 white gulls are visible in the background, flying through the scene.

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Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I am recruiting 1-2 postbacs for my parakeet sociality & cognition project! This position is for people finished with undergrad but who have not yet started grad school. Must be totally fascinated by parakeet social drama (there's a lot of it!)🪶🧪 Job ad here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...

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Joe Spring @joespring.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

If you’re a federal scientist who has been fired, and are willing to talk about your work and its importance, please email me at springj2@si.edu. Joe Spring, online science editor, Smithsonian magazine. (If you aren’t, can you repost this so more fired scientists can see it?)

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council

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André K. Isaacs @drdre4000.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Just got word that our Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) Grant was being canceled. All 100+ institutions. So even private funding is susceptible to this administration’s unraveling of DEI initiatives

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Heiko G. Rödel @heikorodel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Fully funded PhD position on Paternities and spatial kinship structure in a population of South African bush Karoo rats. Field work in South Africa. Analysis of existing long-term data at LEEC / Univ. Sorbonne Paris Nord. Please RT! www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/documents/LE...

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Zed Morgan Benfred @zedmorgan.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I love that this was all students. Long-live natural history!

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Anna N Osiecka 🍉 @aosiecka.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

#bioacoustics #scicomm #seabirds My wonderful students/friends and myself are happy to share our sweet little zine summarising my PhD on the little auk's vocal communication :) You can download the read & print versions here, and are more than welcome to share. Enjoy! osf.io/h7msz/

A page from the zine, asking "So how can little auks communicate important messages in this crowd?" and showing two vocalising auks, or rather block prints.

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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The mood in LA is anxious/devastated/exhausted/ braced for more. It's NOT all rich people. Most are artists who scraped together a down payment. And the fire has leveled Altadena, a historically Black tight-knit community. List of GoFundMes that could use love: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hey #seabirders! Who's migrated to this platform and which #seabirds do you work on? Let us know! Pictures encouraged 😊

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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

You won’t want to miss this amazing workshop for first-time reviewers on How to Write Inclusive and Equitable Reviews, with @reviewerzero.bsky.social on December 4th! Register here: blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-5883989 #AcademicSky #PhDSky #Blackademics 🧪

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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Looking for your next opportunity in conservation? The SCB Career Center offers tailored job alerts to keep you ahead in science, policy, education, & more. Sign up now and never miss a role! 🌍➡️ careers.conbio.org #Conservation #Jobs #CareerCenter #biodiversity #ecology

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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I've been asked for the layperson's summary of this paper, so here it goes: Because distinct groups of #seabirds across large regions like the North Atlantic grow and shrink together, conservationists in different countries also need to work together.

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Johan Lind @johanlind.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Wisdom's still alive, she's back at her breeding grounds! This season she'll turn at least 74 years old. 🎉🎊💃

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Francesco Garzon @garzonfrancesco.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

What do you do when an orca eats your research project? Why, you continue tracking of course! #trackingNotSlacking 🌊 New paper describes how orcas catch bluefin tuna, and shows the longest high-resolution tracking of an orca ever! @exetermarine.bsky.social 🦑🐠🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Your homework. inthesetimes.com/article/toni...

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cetologist 🐋 @breezycarter.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

BLACK WOMEN IN #STEM i made a starter pack for black women in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and would really love to keep adding to it so please hmu if you fit the criteria or know someone who does! 🧪 go.bsky.app/9jYkUK1

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Zed Morgan Benfred @zedmorgan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Helpful context about the levels at which vaccine access/policy is regulated in the U.S. from Katelyn Jetelina (#yourlocalepidemiologist) open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

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The future of vaccine policy in the United States

Common misconceptions and what I'm paying attention to in the future

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

A feathered past, and present: calling out bad birding behaviour - in which we detail some of the appalling messages we received after suggesting a new common name for Ardenna carneipes (with receipts) adriftlab.org/news/a-feath... #seabirds #ornithology #BirdNamesForBirds

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A feathered past, and present: calling out bad birding behaviour | Adrift Lab

Adrift Lab responds to gaslighting and bullying associated with our recent paper proposing a new name (Sable Shearwater) for Ardenna carneipes.

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Black Mammalogists Week @blackmammalogists.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

Do you want up to $1500 for research or science communication or training on mammals? check out our American Society of Mammalogists' Black & Indigenous Scholars Award! Due October 15th!! mammalsociety.org/form/black-i... Share with your folks! #BlackSky 🧪🦊

Black and indigenous scholars award in mammalogy; awards up to 1500 supporting research and activities relating to mammals. open to black/african american, african, and indigenous individuals. applications are due october 15th.

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Lindsey Swierk @lindseyswierk.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

Our lab is thrilled to share new research published today in Biology Letters on the function of water anole 'bubble breathing' ! 💧🦎💧 #lizard #HERper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Black Mammalogists Week @blackmammalogists.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

Let's kick off #BlackMammalogists Week with a #BlackMammalogistsRoleCall! 🐾✊🏽 Show everyone we out here: Introduce yourself if you're a Black mammalogist and/or wildlife enthusiast! Use our hashtags to be ENTERED TO WIN stickers or a t-shirt at the end of the day! #mammal #BlackSky

A flier describing Black Mammalogists Week 2024 (September 15th -21st). Sponsored by the National Geographic Society. Please join us to celebrate and uplift current and aspiring Black mammalogists across the Diaspora to form conscious, fruitful connections while illuminating historic and present-day contributions from Black folks to the field of Mammalogy! For more info please contact BlackMammalogists@gmail.com

A flier describing Black Mammalogists Week 2024 (Sept 15-21). Sponsor: National Geographic Society. The days are: Roll Call Sunday (Sept 15), Research Monday (Sept 16), Rewilding Tuesday (Sept 17), Recovery Wednesday (Sept 18), Relearning Thursday (Sept 19), Resilience Friday (Sept 20), Reverence Saturday (Sept 21)

The BlackMammalogistsWeek sticker by The Pen and the Pangolin, in the shape of a Black Power fist, featuring whales, deer, flying foxes, hyena, and sengi.

A T-shirt with the Black Mammalogists Black Power fist in white

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Zed Morgan Benfred @zedmorgan.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

NEURO JOB: Bucknell University Biology Dept (in PA) is seeking a new neurobiology colleague. Open-rank, tenure-track position with a preference for non-Drosophila study organisms (to complement existing departmental strengths). It's a great department in an institution with good resources.

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Tenure Track Faculty - Neurobiology (Open Rank)

Position Title: Tenure Track Faculty - Neurobiology (Open Rank) Position Type: Full time Location: Robert L Rooke Science Center - Biology Categories: Faculty Exempt Job Summary: Job Duties: The Depar...

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Zed Morgan Benfred @zedmorgan.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

The 2nd edition of "Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates" is out! My own copy of the 1st edition of the "Birds" volume is well-worn, so it was really exciting to be able to co-write a chapter on glucocorticoids and reproduction for the 2nd. www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780443...

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Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates

Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Volume 4: Birds is the fourth of five second-edition volumes representing a comprehensive and integrated ove...

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Sara Lipshutz (she/her) @jacanamama.bsky.social · 13/07/2024

"We address these key questions using a database of 5,438 bird species (~50% of extant diversity) and modern phylogenetic comparative methods... Our results indicate that the most likely ancestral state for extant birds is male-only care" !!!??? academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

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Who cares? Elucidating parental care evolution in extant birds

Abstract. Extant birds stand out among vertebrates in the diversity of parental care types they present, spanning absence of care to uniparental care by ei

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2024

Know any undergrads potentially interested in studying birds in grad school? Point them toward our free Guide to Graduate Studies in #Ornithology, compiled by volunteers from our Student & Early Professional Committee. wilsonsociety.org/students-and...

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Guide to Graduate Studies in Ornithology in the United States and Canada

Information for undergraduates about graduate degree programs in ornithology.

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Zed Morgan Benfred @zedmorgan.bsky.social · 03/07/2024

Snoozy pile of PECO larvae. (Pelagic cormorant hatchlings) #seabirds

Three featherless, brown/gray, slightly shiny and wrinkly, baby birds with long bills and necks are sleeping, visible over the edge of a brown vegetation nest. Green, vegetation and blue ocean stretch to the horizon in the background

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Zed Morgan Benfred @zedmorgan.bsky.social · 30/06/2024

Pelagic cormorants are slightly under-appreciated #seabirds on Middleton Island, Alaska. They are extra poopy and parasite-laden (the not-actually-joking joke is that when they regurgitate, the puke gets up and crawls away) but are also mesmerizing dinosaurs with stunning blue eyes.

A silhouette of a dark, long neck bird with its head, reaching up in the air, turned slightly to the left.

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Zed Morgan Benfred @zedmorgan.bsky.social · 28/06/2024

Access to black-legged kittiwakes at the Middleton Island tower is unparalleled. >30 years of research on this banded population of known-history individuals by the Institite of #Seabirds Research and Conservation (ISRC) and still going. Lucky to be here studying kittiwake behavior and physiology.

Looking through a tinted glass window at 3 white birds in a nest that is a cup of brown vegetation, with greenery stretching far below out to the ocean in the background. One bird is an adult gull, facing the camera with a yellow beak and large black eyes, looking down at two fluffy white, black- beaked chicks about a quarter of its size, that it is partially sitting on. One chick has a red mark on its forehead, the other a blue one (to indicated hatching order).

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Zed Morgan Benfred @zedmorgan.bsky.social · 25/06/2024

It’s kittiwake chick season here on Middleton I., and the hatching is fast and furious. At this site they get measured every 5 days to monitor growth. Looking like a banner year so far, but even at this young and adorable age, they engage in brutal attacks on their siblings. #siblicide #seabirds

A white fluffy chuck with back eyes and peak (with a tiny white spot at the tip of the beak) is held in the palm of an upturned, gloved hand. The setting is indoors, and a pair of calipers are partially visible in the blurry lower edge of the photo.

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Zed Morgan Benfred @zedmorgan.bsky.social · 23/06/2024

Solstice sunset (11PM) at the kittiwake tower on Middleton Island, in the Gulf of Alaska. An amazing place for #seabirds and science.

A large grey cement tower with 12 sides has horizontal wooden ledges all around the top third. On these ledges and on the metal grating that makes up the overhanging tower roof are hundreds of nests. They are occupied by small white gulls, but they’re hard to see because the tower is so large in comparison to the birds. A deep orange sun sits at the horizon to the left of the tower, over the ocean.

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Elizabeth Hobson @elizabethhobson.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

I am very excited to announce the 4th SIGNAL Graduate Student Workshop: Professional Development & Peer Networking in Animal Behavior. Open to grad students working in any area of animal behavior, broadly defined. Join virtually May 16-17th! Apply here tinyurl.com/mrw567tz Applications due May 3rd

Ad for the SIGNAL Graduate Student Workshop: “Professional Development & Peer Networking in Animal Behavior” May 16-17th 2024, 10:00am-2:30pm EDT (GMT-4). Foregrounding justice, equity, diversity & inclusion for graduate student success. Virtual workshop is free & open to graduate student applicants globally! Applications due May 3rd -- Application & information: tinyurl.com/mrw567tz

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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

Happening tomorrow! There’s still time to register for our #SciComm workshop. #PhDSky #AcademicSky #Neuroskyence 🧪

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Kinsey Brock @doc-brock.bsky.social · 09/04/2024

🦎🧪 Herpetologically-minded students! The spreadsheet may take a little while to populate, so prospective grad students and postdocs should keep checking back in the coming weeks: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #academicsky #gradschool #postdoc

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Anne Hilborn @annewhilborn.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

Permanent job in California working on BOBCATS! Advanced degree not required, but does get you better pay. Pay= $4,145.00 - $7,926.00 per Month Unionized state job based in Sacramento Apply by 3/25 calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

Job Posting: Environmental Scientist - Wildlife Diversity Program (WDP) Bobcat Team

Department of Fish and Wildlife

JC-421187 - Environmental Scientist - Wildlife Diversity Program (WDP) Bobcat Team
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST
$4,145.00 - $7,926.00 per Month

Final Filing Date: 3/25/2024

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Jay Jinsing Falk @jjinsing.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

Feel free to message if you have questions about STRI and/or life in Panama!

3 Year Postdoctoral Fellowships in Animal Behavior in the Tropics. NOMIS-STRI Fellowship Program. Join a cohort of animal behavior fellows in Panama to address questions broadly related to the evolution and maintenance of social behavior, sensory biology and neuroethology, cognitive ecology, socioecology, neurogenetics, and the genetic or physiological bases of social behavior.

Submit your proposal by July 15, 2024.

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Zed Morgan Benfred @zedmorgan.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) chicks are tiny #seabird assassins, engaging in 'facultative siblicide' (the older chick sometimes (but not always) kills the younger). At 5 days old, they have adult-like endocrine (corticosterone) responses to restraint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Two fluffy seabird chicks sit in a nest made of brown vegetation. They are white on the bottom and head, with grey, white and black fluff on the back. They have very black eyes and bills. One is head up looking at the camera, the other has its bill tucked down into the nest. The backdrop of the nest is a broken glass window.

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

Calling philosophers of science, STS scholars, and feminist biologists🚨We are hiring a postdoc! Come join us for 2 years to think about the wide ranging, wild world of sex operationalizations in the laboratory. Review begins Mar 18. www.genderscilab.org/blog/gsl-is-...

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The GenderSci Lab is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow! — GenderSci Lab

We are recruiting for a 2-year postdoctoral associate for an NSF-funded project about operationalizations of sex in laboratory science! We especially welcome applications from philosophers of biolog...

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